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Toyota Motor is planning to recall 1.12 million vehicles worldwide over concerns that their airbags aren’t deploying as designed.

One million of the affected models are in the US alone, the automaker announced Wednesday.

Affected vehicles include 2020 through 2022 model years of Avalon, Camry, Corolla, RAV4, Lexus ES250, ES300H, ES350, RX350 Highlander and Sienna Hybrid vehicles.

The Japan-based auto manufacturer said the Occupant Classification System (OCS) sensors in the front passenger seat of vehicles in question “could have been improperly manufactured, causing a short circuit.”

“This would not allow the airbag system to properly classify the occupant’s weight, and the airbag may not deploy as designed in certain crashes, increasing the risk of injury,” Toyota added.

Toyota and Lexus dealers will inspect the sensors and replace them for free if necessary, but the company said that all customers affected by the recall would be notified by mid-February of next year.

Representatives for Toyota Motor declined to comment how it learned of the defective airbags.

Frontal airbags have saved more than 50,000 lives in the United States over 30 years, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The new sensors were prompted because older air bags deployed the same way for all driver and passengers, causing some injuries and in rare cases even death to children, small adults and unbelted passengers who were too close to the air bag as it deployed, the agency said.

Representatives for Toyota Motor did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

With Post wires

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